From the left: John Thompson; Grace Davidson, John Davidson, Officer Ed Ducayet, Gary Spence and George Tarpley
Two small but long-standing Circle Ten Boy Scout districts, White Rock and White Buffalo, recently merged to form the new Tejas Caddo district.
A contest to name the new district was the first fruits of the collaboration, district chairman John Thompson says.
To come up with a new name, leaders from the two districts held a district renaming contest.
Each unit—Cub Scout Pack, Boy Scout Troop, or Venture Crew—was invited to submit appropriate names, including a reason for the suggestion. They got 97 submissions.
“Because of the challenge of choosing from such a wealth of entries, our committee enlisted a panel of distinguished community leaders as judges,” says co-chairman Emily Martin, including Ed Ducayet, community liaison officer for the Northeast Division of the Dallas Police Department; Gary Griffith, former Dallas City Councilman; Sheffie Kadane, City Councilman; Roger Perry, chairman of the East Dallas Chamber of Commerce; and Gary Spence, board member of For the Love of the Lake.
Five community leaders served as judges of the District Renaming Contest. From the left: Gary Griffith, Roger Perry, Ed Ducayet, Sheffie Kadane, Gary Spence
